Phyllis, thanks for your reply: "Excuse me? Please tell me how my profession can in any way be compared to a group of mass murderers?  Is that REALLY what you want to call me?"

 I'm afraid that the more time passes from the actual events that defined that word - the more often it is being used in general, common conversation - a doctor asked me if I was one during my gyn physical!  

To me it is even more horrible than the "other" N word...and that one makes me want to throw up, even when I hear it in music!

Thanks for coming up with a strong reply - it means that some still remember what it really means!  I will use it whenever possible - not only to defend my profession - but to remind people what the meaning of that word really is!

Jeanette Panchula, RN, PHN, IBCLC
California, USA

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